Process of treating textile material.



I. E. PALMER, DECD. T. a N. T. PALMER. ADMINISTRATORS. PROCESS OF TREATING TEXTILE MATERIAL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY19 l9l2.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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l. E. PALMER, DECD. T. a N- T. PALMER. ADMINISTRATORS. PROCESS OF TREATING TEXTILE MATERIAL.

APPLICATION man JULY 19. 1912.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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OCESS OF TREATING TEXTILE MATERIAL.

. MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT; TOMS END PALMER AND NATHALIE T. PALMER AEMINISTRATORS 0F SAID ISAAC E. PALMER, DECEASED.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ape i, mic.

Application filed July 19, 1912. Serial No. 710,367.

To all whom it may concern Be it hown that T, TsAAc citizen of the United States, and a resident of ll liddletown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented an Tmprovement in Processes of Treating Tex- E. PALMER, a

tile Material, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings,;is a specification, like characllll ters on the drawings representing like parts. This invention relates to the process of treating and handling textile material in lengths.

Tn order that the principle of the invention may be readily understood, I shall disclose the best method known to me for carrying the same into efiect, together with one till form of apparatusthat may be employed in carrying out said method.

Referringto the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation-of a textile continuous storing apparatus which may be used in the practice of my invention and in carrying out my improved method; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail .in vertical section representing. a modified construction of the lower end of the -chute or container; Fig. A is a similar view of a still further modified forln thereof; and Fig. 5 is a front elevation,- partiallybroken away, of the con: struction shown'in Fig. l.

Tt has heretof' rebeen proposed to feed textile material in lengths into a chute or container of d or U shaped form and withdraw the material therefrom in the order of deposit therein, and in m Patents No. 4.08388, August 16, 1899, No. 653,485, Jul 10, 19010, and No. 971,778, October t, 1910, T have shown mechanism for accomplishing such rcsuilt. The material has been deposerably being treated either from the discharge end ited or folded into the open upper ends of chutes, such as shown in said prior to or during its passage through said chute to the action of some suitable liquor, such, for example, as a bleaching, dyeing, finishing or other conditioning liquor.

Tn accordance with the process herein disclosed, the material is delivered in folds into the open upper end of a suitable chute or container preferably of shaped form and is positively withdrawn thereof with the patents, pref-' of a treating liquor either during general l or U' same end always foremost. The material is laid in folds in the chute and is positively delivered for the folding movement at a speed in excess of that required for the fold ing movement. The effect thereof is to lay the material in primary folds, each having a series of supplemental folds or reverse bends caused by the slack produced by the excess delivery of the material. Not only is the material folded in primary and supplemental folds extending from the front to the rear wall of the chute or container, but the material when in rope or in warp form is traversed from one side wall of the chute of the said column through the chute. To-

preserve the desired order and sequence of the folds, I impose extraneous pressure against the lateral wall of the column, or in other words, subject said column to a zone of extraneous pressure. At or adjacent the delivery end of the chute, the discharge is restricted or choked, so that the discharge is continuously limited to the underlying fold of the column. In this manner, I insure the withdrawing of the folded material in the sequence of depositand maintain the proper relative positioning of the superimposed folds, which, adjacent the point of discharge, are forwardly directed toward the pointof ultimate discharge.

\ In the practice of my invention may employ any suitable mechanism. T have herein shown one type of mechanism effective for carrying out my process and for securing the described results, but it is to be understood that the same may be carried out by any other suitable mechanism. If desired the material may be subjected to the action its passage through the chute or preliminary thereto, such liquor treatment preferably constitutingaone step of the described process.

eferring to that form of apparatus shown in the accompanying drawings, have therein shown a tank 1 of suitable material and proportions wherein preferably position a chute or container of general d or U shape.

Said chute or container is herein the . a wall or surface represented as composed of a rear wall 2, the upper portion 3 whereof may constitute substantially a prolongation of the rear wall of the tank as shown. The said rear wall 2 is preferably composed of wood, the slats or pieces of which are herein represented as extending transversely of the chute. Said rear wall is preferably of a general curved form, although a wall having substantially straight portions thereof arranged at different angles may be employed instead. The

front wall 4 of the chute is preferably substantially vertical, though preferably the lower end thereof is arranged in general parallelism to the ower portion 2 of the rear wall, and is herein represented as curved. The said front wall is herein represented as composed of wood.

At some suitable part of the front wall 4 and as here shown at the lower end thereof, I preferably provide a movable member, here shown as a former or apron 5 hinged at 6 to the front wall and provided with weighting means 7 whereby said former or apron, which constant y engages of the packed column of material, imparts pressure thereto transversely to the axis or direction of movement of the column of material and holds it in form or position by pressing it against the rear wall 2.

. therein of or the like 18. One of If desired, and as here shown, I may provide the lower portion of the rear wall 2 with friction reducing ribs 8 preferably of gradually increasing height and gradually decreasing width in the direction of the passage of the material through the chute.

have here shown said ribs as extending substantially to the point of discharge of the material from the chute. may be formed of any suitable material and if desired of some material impervious to the action of. bleaching, ing, finishing or other liquors, as, for example, cement or porcelain. If desired-I may provide means for circulating material through the chute or container, and to that end have shown a centrifugalpump 9 connected by pipes 10, 11 with the tank and chute, so as to establish a circulation therethrough.

Preferably the walls of the chute are rela fm tively adjustable to facilitate the deposit material in folds of greater or Herein I,have represented the front wall 4 as adjustable toward and from the rear wall 3. To that end, the said front wall 4 is guided for in and out movements between the side walls 12 of the chute and is provided with upper and lower brackets 13 having upon their lower faces racks 14 with which engage pinions 15 upon shafts 16 mounted in brackets 17 upon the sides of the chute and connected by sprocket chains the shafts 16 is less extent.

to progress the same The chute scribed hereinafter. saidfeed roll provided with a hand wheel 19. By imparting rotation to said hand wheel 19, the front wall 4 may be moved in and out.

Preferably the chute or container is of considerable width from side to side, and in such case I provide means for progressively laying the material when in rope form in folds extending from front to rear and for traversing the folding means transversely of said folds. In other words,

provide suitable means having a movement to and fro above the in-take end of the chute, so as to deposit the material therein in folds, and also provide a suitable traverse movement for such folding means, so as from side to side of the chute, thereby substantially filling the latter with the material.

lVhile any suitable means may be provided for. the purpose, I have represented a main drive shaft 20 having thereon fast and loose pulleys 21, 22 driven from any suitable source. Upon said shaft is mounted a suitable drum 23 about which the material passes, said material being directed thereto from any suitable source and passing when in rope form through a pot eye or guide 24, to which traverse movement is imparted as hereinafter described. The material after passing about the drum 23 thence passes between drag feed devices upon the lower end of two frames 25 loosely pivoted upon the shaft 20 and to which a to 'and fro or swinging movement is imparted by means of acrank 26 connected by link-27 to one of the frames 25 by a slot which the frames 25 swing.

have herein shown the link 27 as adjustably connected to the crank 26. The crank 26 is mounted upon a shaft 29 having thereon a sprocket wheel 30 rotated by means of a sprocket chain 31 from the shaft 20. The drag feed devices upon the lower ends of the frames 25 are here represented as feed, rolls 32, 33, each having a sprocket pinion 34, with which drivingly engages a sprocket chain 35 passing about a sprocket gear 36 on the main drive shaft 20 and also about an idler 37 on one of the swing mes 25. The drag feed rolls 32, 33 are in the manner thus described positively driven, by means extraneous to the textile material, at a speed somewhat in excess of the superficial speed of the drum 23, thereby to keep the material taut upon the said drum, to insure its forward or delivery movement from said drum, and more especially to provide slack in the folds as more fully de- Preferably each of s is provided upon its perip cry with a suitable number of longitudinally extending slats or projections herein repremanner sented as five in number. The said rolls are mounted sufiiciently near together, so that the material is drawn between them in a wavy or zigzag conditiondue to the substany tially intermeshing action of the slats or projections of said rolls. In other Words, the rolls are preferably so related to each other that the slats r projections thereof break joints in rotation as illustrated in n 2, and while slightly separated are su ciently near together to impart a wavy formation to the material, so as'to facilitate the laying thereof in the chute. Preferably the rolls 32, 33 are adjustable toward and from each other. In the manner described a positive feeding of the material into the chute is insured.

In order 'to traverse the material from side to side of the chute when in rope form or in warp, I provide any suitable traverse mechanism, such, for example, as a sprocket chain 38 mounted upon suitable sprocket pinions 39, 40, the former being driven by beveled gearing 41 from the main drive shaft 20. To one of the links of the sprocket chain 38 is connected a rod 42 which is connected to rollers 43 guided in ways 44, and supporting between them, the pot eye 24. Continued rotation of the drive sha reciprocates the said pot eye 24 from side to side in themanner not necessary more fully to describe.

The construction, relation and timing of the parts is such that the speed of the drag feed rolls 32, 33 is somewhat in excess of that required to edect the laying of the material in flat folds each extending from the front to the back of the chute or container. In other words, the said drag feed rolls are rotated 'by material at a faster rate can lay the material in flat sult of this is that the being laid in a succession offlat, long folds, each portion or member of which extends from the front wall to the back wall of the chute or container, is laid in a series of short folds or piles between the front and back walls of the chute. The said drag feed rolls provide slack material intermediate the front and back Walls, which action causes the textile material in passing each time from the front to the back wall or vice versa to lie in folds. the bends whereof may occur less 1rregular intervals at one, two or more points between the said walls. As herein the action of the folding means is simultaneous with that of the means that presents the material to the folding means at su cient speed to cause slack in the folds. In the manner thus descri ed, the material is laid in p Tmary folds across the chute, and supplemental folds or slack is formed in Mr said primary folds. The purpose of this'is folds.

to the textile material, instead of the folded material 1n packed column disclosed,

mainly two-fold. In the first place, the textile material can be better drawn off positively from the lower end-of the chute, particularly when the ends of the primary folds are reached. In the second place undue slackness and undue tautness .are. both avoided. The former-has frequently heretofore taken place when the fold is drawn away from either wall, and the latter has taken place when the material between the folds is being drawn upon. These short or supplemental folds are positioned throughout the entire cross sectional area of the chute.

So far asI am aware, I am the first to provide for traversing the material from side to side of the chute or container and also for imparting a drag to the" material as it is traversed. It will be observed that the dragfeed rolls 32, 33 are positioned close to the drum 33. I thus insure the material being at all times in proper position upon the said drum. If the material treated be in rope or chain form, it is passed through the pot eye 24, but if the material be in widths, that is, in the form of flat goods, it is passed about the drum or roller 23 without-passing through said pot eye, inasmuch as the fiat goods are preferably of substantially the full width of the chute or container, and hence cannot or need not be traversed. l

The swinging frames 25 may be oscillated at any suitable speed by changing the gear ing, but in any case I preserve such arelative speed of the swinging frames and the surface travel of the rolls 32, 33 that the material is laid in the described main and supplemental folds. Preferably the arms are swung at a comparatively slow speed.

I have herein represented the feeding means as used in connection with a chute or container having provisions for directing forsuperposed order of demation and in the .of discharge, and have posit to the point represented means for withdrawing the folded material from the chute or container in the described order or sequence, .while continuously restricting the discharge to the underlying folds of the column. n this manner, I insure the material being discharged from the chute or container regularly and without entangling. Herein for .the purpose I have represented the side walls 12 of the chute as cut away near their lower front ends at 46, and have adjustably mounted thereon a transverselyv extending choking frame 47 provided wi h vertical slots 48, through which pass bolts 49 securing the frame in' desired position to the side walls of the chute. The said frame is herein represented as provided with upright ribs from their upper to 50 shown as tapering their lower ends and against and between I angle thereto. The

and the presentation which the folds of the material lie. Preferably, and as shown, the said ribs 40 alternate with the ribs 8 of the back 2. If desired, I may provide the said frame 47 with a guide roll 51 or other guiding device against the under side of which the material may be drawn by any suitable means, as by the drag feed rolls 52 here shown as mounted upon the frame of the apparatus and spring pressed toward each other.

squeeze rolls are preferably driven from the main drive shaft 20 at the desired speed.

e vertical distance between the choking frame 47 and the underlying portion of 8 thereof is such as wardly drawn from said folds through the discharge mouth 52, the discharge being at all times substantially limited to the underlying fold of the material considered as eX- tending, as first laid, from the front. to back an from side to side of the chute.

By the process herein described or in any other suitable manner, I may practice the method herein claimed. If d provide the chute with on enlargements in the direction of feed of the material therethrough, as represented for example at 53, and thus as a'step of the during its passage through the chute.

From the foregoing description, it will be evident that in accordance with my method, the material in rope form or in warp fol ing movement, so as to main folds secondary folds thereirnj When the material is in rope form for in warp, the material is not only subjected to a to and fro provide foldmgmovementvbut also to a transverse movement at an angle to that of the to and fro movement, and preferably at folding thereof at excess of that required simultaneously. and accumulates in the chute or container in a packed col a right he material a speed in for the folding occur cordance With the process, the material is hute or container in the esired, I .may-

aving supplemental bends or' textile material in lengths which of the folds therein and or conta1ner are held directed toward the If desired, I may provide means for pulling or forcing out the under or entanglement. dlfl'erent means may be provided for this purpose, I have, in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, cated the.lower end of a chute or container at 54. At a suitable point, I mount one or more positively driven feed rolls. In Fig.

have represented a single roll 55 driven by sprocket chain 56 or other suitable means from a shaft mounted in any convenient portion of the mechanis The said feed is preferably positioned substantially directly beneath the choking device 57. In Figs. 4 and 5, I have represented a series of such rolls 58, driven in a similar manner.

y desired number of such rolls may be employed, or other suitable feedmgmeans may be substituted;

In this of entanglement is prevented.

The weighting means 7 is peculiarly adrantageous in starting the provided for the weighting means 7 may be reduced largely or in part.

Having thus described one illustrative embodiment of my invention, I desire it to be understood that although specific terms are employed, they are-used in a generic and descriptive sense and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the following claims.

Claims:

1. That process of treating or handling textile material in lengths-which consists in depositing the material in a suitable container, while subjecting the material to a swinging movement the amplitude of which substantially equals the cross dimension of the container, thereby to form folds each substantially corresponding to a cross dimension of said container, and in delivering the material for such movement at a spec in excess of that of said movement.

That process of treating or handling consists in subjecting the material to a to and fro movemension of areaacr ment while depositing it in a suitable container, in delivering the material for said movement at a speed in excess of said movement, and in withdrawing the folded material from the container in the sequence of the deposit of the folds therein.

3. That process of treating or handling textile material in lengths which consists in depositingthe material in a suitable container while simultaneously subjecting the material to a swinging movement the amplitude of which substantially equals the cross dimension of the container, thereby to form folds each substantially corresponding to a cross dimension of said container, and presenting the material for said movement at a speed sufficiently in excess of that of said movement to cause the material to be deposited in' the container in primary and supplementary folds.

4. That process of treating or handling textilematerial in lengths which consists in simultaneously subjecting the material to a to and fro movement while depositing it in a suitable container, presenting the ma terial for said movement at a speed sufficiently in excess of that of said movement to cause the material to be deposited in the container in primary and secondary folds, and withdrawing the folded material from the container in the sequence of deposit of the folds therein.

5. That process of treating or handling textile material in lengths which consists in depositing tainer while subjecting the material to a to and fro movement and to a transverse movement thereby to form folds each substantially corresponding to a cross dimension of said container at an angle to said swinging movement the amplitude of which substantially equals the cross dimension of the container, and in delivering the material for said'movement at a speed in excess of that of said to and fro movement.

6. That process of treating or handling textile material in depositing the material in a suitable container while subjecting the material to a swinging movement the amplitude of which substantially equals the cross dimension of the container thereby to form folds each substantially corresponding to a cross disaid container and to a transverse movement at sutstantially right angles thereto, and in presenting the material for said to and fro movement at a speed sufficiently in excess of that of said movement to cause the material to be deposited in the container in primary folds having supplemental bends. I v

7. That process of treating or handling textile material in lengths which consists in subjecting the material to a to and movement 1 and to a traverse movementat the material in a suitable conextraneous pressure against a lengths which consists in column' form, applying fro substantially right angles thereto, while depositing said material in a suitable container, in presenting the material for said.

to and fro movement at a speed suficiently' in excess of that of said movement to cause the material to be deposited in the container in primary folds having supplemental bends, and in withdrawing the folded material from the container in the sequence of the deposit of the folds therein.

8. That process of treating or handling textile material in lengths which consists in depositing the material in a suitable container in folds each substantially corresponding to a cross dimension of said container and simultaneously presenting the material for the folding action at suficient speed to cause slack in said folds.

9. That process of treating or handling textile material in lengths which consists in depositing the material in folds in a suitable container, in simultaneously presenting the material for the folding action at Suficient speed to cause slack in said folds, and in withdrawing the folded material from the container in the sequence of the deposit of the" folds therein.

10. That process of treating or handling textile material in lengths which consists in depositing the material in folds in a suitable container, in accumulating the material therein in a packed column, in imposing extraneous pressure against a lateral surface of said column during its progress therethrough, and finally in withdrawing the folded material from the column in the sequence of the deposit of the folds thereof.

11. That process of textile material in lengths which consists in depositing the material in folds in a suitable container, in accumulating the material treating or handling tlS rot

the material to the action of a treating liquor while in said packed column, in imposing lateral surits progress withdrawing face of said column during therethrough, and finally in the folded material from sequence of the depos't of the folds thereof.

12. That process of treating or handling textile material in lengths which consists the column in the in depositing the material in folds in a snitable container, accumulating the material in a packed column therein, preserving the sequence and order of said folds while in transverse pressure to the column of material, and withdrawing the folded material from the container in the sequence of the deposit of the folds therein while simultaneously cholning the material at the discharge.

13. That process of treating or hang textile material in lengths which consists in depositing the material in folds in a suitable container, accumulating the material 't in a packed colunm therein, preserving the sequence and order of said folds while in column formation, applying transverse pressure to the column of material, directing the'folds in superposed order of deposit to the point of discharge and withdrawing the folded material from the container in the described order while simultaneously restricting the discharge to the underlying fold of said column.

14. That process of treating or handling textile material in lengths which consists in depositing the material in folds in a suitable container, accumulating the material in a'packed column therein, applying transverse pressure to the column of material, directing the folded material in packed column formation and in the superposed order of deposit, to the point of discharge, and withdrawing the folded material from the container in the described order while continuously restricting the discharge to the underlying fold of said column.

15. That process of treating or handling textile material in lengths which consists in subjecting the material to a to and fro movement while depositing it"in a suitable container, presenting the material for said movement at a speed sufficiently in excess of that of said movement to cause the material to be. deposited in primary folds having 4 mg the material for slack producing supplemental bends, accumulating the material in thecontainer in a packed column, directing the folded material 111 packed column formation and in the superposed order of of discharge, and withdrawing the folded material from the container in the described order while'continuously restricting the discharge to the underlying fold of said column.

H 16. That process of treating or handling textile material in lengths which consists in subjecting the movement and to a traverse movement at substantially right angles thereto while depositing it in a suitable container, presentsaid to and fro movement at a speed sufliciently in excess of that of said movement to cause the material to be deposited in primary folds having slack producing supplemental bends, accumulating the'material in the container in a. packed column, directing the folded material in packed column formation and inthe superposed order of deposit to the point of discharge and withdrawing the folded material from the container in the described order of theolding and the traversing while continuously restricting the dischargeto the underlying fold of said column. 17; That process of treating-or handling textile material inlengths which consists in depositing the material in folds in a su1table container, accumulating the material in deposit to the point container to a to and fro textile material .material for said movement clently 1n excess of that of said movement a packed column therein, applying transverse pressure to the column of material, directing the folded material in packed column formation and in the superposed order of deposit to the point of discharge and withdrawing the folded material from the container in the sequence of deposit of the folded layers thereof While constantly restricting the discharge to substantially a single transverse fold. 18. That process of treating or handling rope or warp form textile material in lengths which consists in subjecting the said material to a to and fro movement and to a traverse movement at an angle to said to and fro movement while depositing it in a suitable container with the same end always foremost, in maintaining the order and sequence of deposit of the folds of the material therein, applying transverse pressure to the column of material folded in said container and in withdrawing the folded material from the container in the sequence of the deposit of the folds therein.

hat process of treating or handling rope or warp form textile material in lengths which consists in subjecting the said material to a to and fro movement and to a traverse movement at an angle to said to and fro. movement, while depositing it in a column in a suitable contamer with the same end always foremost, applying transverse pressure to the column of material, in maintaining the order and sequence of deposit of the folds of the material therein, and in withdrawing the folded, material from the column in the described order of deposit while continuously restricting the discharge to the bottommost fold of said column.

20. That process of treating or handling textile material in lengths which consists in depositing the material in a suitable container while subjecting the material to a to and fro movement, thereby to form folds each extending substantially from front to rear of the container and presenting the material for said movement at a speed sufliciently in excess of that of said movement to cause the material to be deposited in the container in primary folds and secondary folds formed in the primary folds.

21. That process of treating or handling in lengths which consists in simultaneously subjecting the material to a to and fro movement while depositing it in a suitable container and presenting the at a speed sufiito cause the material to be deposited in the container in primary folds and secondary folds formed in the primary-folds and extending in the. same direction as the pri-.

mary folds.

22. That process of treating or handling 19o ma am textile material in lengths which consists in depositing the material in folds in a suitable upright container, accumulating the material in an upright column therein, applying transverse pressure to the column of -material, preservlngpthe sequence of order 24:." That process of treating or handling textile material in lengths which consists in depositing the material in a suitable container in primary folds, each extending substantially from front to rear of the container and in forming supplemental folds.

in said primary folds. v

25. That process of treating or handling textile material in lengths which consists in depositing the material in a suitable container in primary folds, each extending substantially from front to rear of the container and in forming supplemental folds in said primary folds and extending in the same direction as said primary folds.

In testimony whereof, 1'. have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ISAAC 1E. PALMER.

"Witnesses JOHN E. MARTIN, GEO. C. HAINS. 

